This man has patches bearing the Punisher skull and the thin blue line through the State of Tennessee, so I think the real question is was there a plan to take hostages by a member of Tennessee law enforcement, or just one of their groupies.
“I found out what they were planning when a friend of mine screenshot me an Instagram story from the Proud Boys saying, ‘We’re breaching the capitol today, guys. I hope y’all ready.’”
“The officers said they were wrong footed, fighting off an invading force that their managers had downplayed, and not prepared them for. They had all been issued gas masks, for example, but management didn’t tell them to bring them in on the day.”
what the actual fuck
“The officer said that many of the widely spread images of smiling marauders, wandering the halls dressed in absurd costumes, had the effect of downplaying how well prepared some of the rioters were to overtake the building, and even to capture and kill Congress members.”
We don’t have to let them plan the violence right out in the open. That’s not freedom.
“Individual extremists also used Parler to coordinate travel on the ground in order to avoid the police. Per the NYT, others discussed carrying weapons into Congress – which is a felony – and exchanged tips on what tools to use to rip open doors.” splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021…